tip

IPA(Pronunciation)

/tɪp/

Verb

ergative dated slang transitive US

(ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn. / (ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.

Japanese Meaning

（物や人などを）倒す、倒れてしまうようにさせる / （物が）傾いたり斜めになったりするようにする / 物を不安定な状態にする、バランスを崩させる

What is this buttons?

Be careful near the edge; a gust of wind could tip the vase.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

端の近くでは気をつけてください。突風が花瓶をひっくり返すかもしれません。

Details

Sense（1）

(ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.

Sense（2）

the brief suspended agony of the boat, as it would tip for an instant on the knife-like edge of the sharper waves, that almost seemed threatening to cut it in two […]

Google Translation / DeepL Translation